Faroe Islands: Lettersheet Used as Aerogramme Form

Lettersheet used as an aerogramme form. Posted onboard of the ship that connected the Faroe Islands with Denmark, documented by the ship post cancel "Fra Færörne". Fed into the postal network upon arrival in Denmark.

Denmark: Advertising Slogan Cancel for Aerogrammes

This advertising slogan cancel "AEROGRAMMER / HURTIGT - BILLIGT" ("Aerogrammes / fast and cheap") was used in Copenhagen, Denmark, in June 1971.


Credits
Thanks to Werner Liechti for pointing me to this slogan cancel I had not been aware of.

Denmark: Advertising Slogan Cancel for Aerogrammes

Advertising slogan cancel "Gør bruk af aerogrammer" ("Use aerogrammes"), used in Copenhagen in November 1949.

Denmark: Advertising Slogan for Aerogrammes

 

Danish advertising slogan for aerogrammes (used Copenhagen 17 DEC 1949). As can be seen it the close-up below, it reads "AEROGRAMMET / årets julehilsen / til utlandet" (translates into something like: Aerogrammes / the annual Christmas greetings / to foreign countries).

Australia
Danish Aerogramme Form Used in Australia

Sent from FREMANTLE (machine cancel 4 JAN 1964) to Kastrup, Denmark, by a crew member of M/S SONGKHLA, a cargo vessel of East Asiatic Line operating Europe to South East Asia, Far East, Australia/New Zealand Transpacific services. The message on the writing panel is dated “1-1-1964 Indiske Ocean”.

Aerogramme forms used in Australia must have been approved by the Postmaster-General’s department. Hence, for this aerogramme the usual airmail letter rates applied. However, the aerogramme was franked at the 10 d aerogramme rate and went through the Australian postal network undiscovered.

A correct use of a Danish aerogramme form in Australia can also be found here on the blog.

Australia
Danish Aeorgramme Form Used as Airmail Letter

Danish aerogramme form used in Australia (MELBOURNE 9 JAN 1968) as an airmail letter. The airmail letter rate per 1/2 oz to European destinations from February 14, 1966 to September 30, 1968 was 25c.

If it were posted as an aerogramme, the rate would have been 10c. But Australian postal authorities only allowed privately manufactured aerogramme forms to be used if the forms had been presented for approval before. 

The sender was a Danish crew member of M/S Nella Dan, a scientific research vessel, deployed for the A.N.A.R.E. (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions.

"Over the period Jan. 5, 1968 - Mar. 19, 1968 under the command of Donald Styles, on this voyage the crew carried out a topographical survey of the eastern side of the Amery Ice Shelf conducted from Nella Dan. A field station was established at the Amery Ice Shelf in Feb 1968 (occupied to Feb 1969)". [1]

He wrote his letter on December 25, 1967 on Macquarie Island, where A.N.A.R.E. had its headquarters since May 25, 1948 [2]. On January 5, 1968, M.S. Nella Dan was scheduled to leave for the South Pole ("Den 5 januar sejler vi till sydpolen").

Instead, the vessel first went back to Melbourne. According to the records kept by Australian Antarctic Division [3], M/S  Nella Dan

• Depart Melbourne:        Dec 12, 1967 
• Arrive Macquarie Island: Dec 16, 1967
• Depart Macquarie Island: Dec 26, 1967
• Arrive Melbourne:        Dec 31, 1967

From Melbourne M/S Nella Dan started to the Amery Ice Shelf. It is also mentioned in the records, that "the Deputy Voyage Leader collapsed and died at Macquarie Island on 24 Dec 1967". It is most likely that this was the reason for the extra trip to Melbourne.

References
[1] http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31661761?q=subject%3A%22Nella+Dan+%28Ship%29+--+Maps.%22&c=map&versionId=38391593
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie_Island
[3] Information received from AAD